Eleanor bekgstbom



May 15, 1928.

E. BERGST ROM TOILET ARTICLE Filed July 1. 1924 Patented May 15, 1928.

mnaivon BEaesrRoM, or NEWYORK, I

TOILET ARTICLE.

lpplicatlon filed July 1, 1924 Serial No. 723,566.:

The present invention consists of a toilet article and is. designedas animprovement,

on my Patent Number 1,492,196, issued April 29, 1924; p H

Objects of the invention are to provide a toilet article in the natureof axshield to prevent cosmetics, such as powder, massage cream, or thelike, from coming incontact with the clothes of the user while beingaplied to the face or neck, the shield being oldable for convenience incarrying the same and likewise to occupy a minimum amount of space whennot in use; to provide a shield of this-character which may be suportedby the hand or, if desired, which may e supported on the neck, bysuitable means, to permit use of both hands while the shield is inplace; and to provide a lightweight shield of simple construction andeffective in use for the purpose for which it is designed and intended.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings of thepresent preferred forms of the invention wherein Fig. 1 is anelevational View of a toilet.

article or shield constructed in accordance with this inventionillustrating its application;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cover of the shield removed, dottedlines being employed to illustrate the frame in collapsed position.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the shield with the cover removed; and vFig. 4 is an elevational view of a modified form of shield, the coverbeing shown fragmentarily thereon.

In my issued patent referred to supra a rigid frame is shown upon whicha cover is mounted. In the present instance I prefer to employ acollapsible frame consistingof a pair of curved side rods 5 one end ofeach of which is hingedly connected to a handle 6. The oppositeend ofone of said rods 5 is hingedly connected with one end of an upperandneck engaging rod 7, the opposite end of the latter being providedwith an opening 8 through which the outer end of the opposite side rod 5is engaged. It willbe noted, upon reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings that the outer end of the side rod 5 which is arranged throughthe opening 8 is reduced and curved to provide a bill 9 which isdesigned to grip the top rod 7 and prevent casual disengagement of thelatter and the side rod with which it isdetachably engflged: Said topred 7; is provided with a 1su bstantially semicircular depression 10midway ,itsends which is designed :to receive the neck of the userandficonforms to the shape of the neckso as to snugly embrace thelatter. The portions of said rod 7 on the opposite sides of the recess10 provide wings 11 which are adapted to overhang the shoulders of theuser in a manner more fully hereinafter described.

It is preferable to make the frame of the shield out of an inherentlyresilient material such as steel wire so that when the frame is in anopen position the parts thereof are un der a slight tension to preventcasual collapse of the frame. The frame is adapted to receive a coveringsuchas designated at 12 and shown in Fig. l of the drawings. .Thecovering may be made from any suitable fabric and in view of theinherent resilience of the frame will be normally held stretched or tautso as to provide a relatively stiff body which, however, may be foldedwith the frame or may be removed with facility when the frame iscollapsed if desired. The covering may be ornamented or may be equippedwith advertising matter if desired.

In using this device the shield will be placed in substantially theposition shown in Fig. 1 with the concave or recess portion 10 of theframe impinging the neck, in which position the wings 11 overhang theshoulders while the handle 6 of the shield is held in the hand of theuser so as to permit the shield to be disposed at a right angle to theface of the user. Surplus powder or the like falling from the face ofthe user will be intercepted by the shield so as to prevent the powder,or other cosmetic applied to the face, from coming in contact with theapparel of the user. The frame can be collapsed by disengaging the hill9 from the recess 8 of the top rod of the frame thereby permit-ting saidtop rod to be folded between the two side rods into the position shownby dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The form of invention shown in Fig. 4 differs from the structure shownin Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive in that the handle 6 is eliminated and thesides 5 pivotally connected together as indicatedat 13. Instead ofsupporting the shield by the handle I use instead a neck encirclingstrap 6 the opposite ends of which are detachably engaged, by

stud and socket or similar fastening means, as indicated at 14, to theframe covering 12. The strap 6 is preferably elastic and is adapted tosnugly embrace the neck so as to hold the body of the shield at rightangles beneath the chin thereby permitting freedom of both hands for usein applying cosmetics such as powder, massage preparations or the like.Any particles gravitating from the face will be intercepted by the bodyin an apparent manner.

It is manifest that in a device of this character numerous changes maybe made to adapt the device for different uses or to sat- L isfy thecaprice of a manufacturer. It is to ELEANOR BERGSTROM.

